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A host of young Middle Eastern firms from Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Saudi Arabia are also expected, including Transterra Media, a Lebanon-based news agency that provides on-demand human-interest video and photo content.

The Jordanian start-up eKtab, which is the first and largest Arabic electronic-book marketplace and publishing company, will also be in Dublin, along with the Dubai-based Drawdeck, which has developed an online community connecting artists, companies and art lovers.

This week’s Dublin-based Web Summit will have something of a Latin flavour, with a large number of start-ups coming from South America. At least 16 young companies are coming from Brazil alone, and there will also be representatives from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.